Jim, that is not “gaudy” that is fantastic. No flat pink there. Does anyone know someone from the ‘target’ chainstores, it should be taken up by them, sales would rocket.
Jim you need to get these roses out to Australia.
Hi Jim,
That EYE…errr…it is staring right into my eyes… 0_0… through the computer monitor…it is scary!!!
Hmm, “Eyeconic Baboon Butt”!
Jim it may be a bit gaudy, but guady always sells. Just take a look at the most popular daylilies over the last fifteen years. Or even some of the most popular petunias.
“Novelty” I think is the word we’re skirting. Novelty is what has always sold in every product class. Everyone wants something different from the same old, same old. Consumers get bored, particularly with the immediate gratification electronic media affords.
George, calm down, your drinking too much coffee again,
Jim Sproul, you hit the bullseye- why not target Target. Get it patented first though.
The other Jim or as they would say in the Bible, Jim the Lesser
errr…but I’m sure it’s staring at me…
Jim S,
All laughs aside, something like that “massive eye look” is eye catching, and I can see a segment of rose lovers seeking orders for it. …hmmm…thinks aloud…I wonder what the " get-that-rose-to-market bosses" might think about something like that giant eye??
It resembles Dianthus and if on a decent plant with a load of bloom and fast repeat, should sell like mad!
There are so many flowers that have been developed to have a larger darker eye, and the gardening public has embraced this, as in anemones,tulips, gaillardia, sunflowers, rudebeckia, sunflowers and more. The dark blotch is eye catching, and gardeners who love the individual flower (to gaze upon, to photograph, to meditate with, etc., would love this type of rose for its’ individuality–not neccessarily as an en masse planting.
Pink among my seedlings usually does not get to much attention from me until this one bloomed and she could not be ignored. Nice fragrance and unlike her Mother (Heritage) the bloom holds well. Last fall when I was sticking cuttings I counted the petals on one of the blooms–160. Named for great-niece, Charlie Ryan was registered in January, 2012.
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Love those water lilly-type petals…
Gorgeous Joan! That’s one you sent me, isn’t it? I need to use that one with TooCuteChild!
I think I did send you a cutting of this one, it roots easily.
Thanks, yes, I checked this morning and it IS easy to root! I’m excited to see what it does here. Thank you!
Joan, that is a magnificent flower, I think it has got fantastic potential. Does the color hold ?
Pale shell pink or ones that dip into the melon-apricot spectrum are my favorite shades of pink. For me they are easier to blend or play well with others better when designing.
Part of me is so impressed with Knockout, as it such a great landscape shrub but the electric pepto-bismol pink can be incredibly garish when put in places where the color really shouldn’t be. Near historic buildings, churches and the like it often looks way too out of place.
Double Red Knockout is an improvement in that regard, the red is nice and blends pretty well.
There is a curb side re-do down the hill where they’ve alternated Double Red Knock Out with Icebergs and it is simply gorgeous. I specified Double Red Knock Out to spruce up a client’s garden in Westlake Village for her daughter’s wedding in a few weeks. They’re combined with the zillions of Iceberg which were already there. They were begining to look pretty spectacular the last I saw them.
Thanks David, and yes the color does hold quite well.
Remembrance x Double Red Knock Out is about to begin blooming again. I hope I can remember to get a photo of it. The foliage is definitely KO-esque, and it is vigorous. I hope the coral red theme stays with it.
This is a rose I registered this year called Fine Dressin
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